Random Stuff V - The Adminpire Strikes Back

[Delightful]

"Excuse me, is there a problem?"

Or drop the excuse me. Is that over polite apologising for existing? I don't know.

You just have to get the tone right, forceful and well mannered, somehow.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Delightful

[ChickenPlague he/him]

Just begin teaching him of the Great Noodly One. He'll either stop talking to you or become a nice and loyal subject.

[Curious Anamaximder he/him]

Sound of corpses being dumped into the canals

...

 

What do you think I do?

[Orlion Blight he/him]

And I just gave a snippy reply to a coworker who has made a habit out of acting like Clippy around me. Specifically, I was typing, he asked me several times (in the "What're you doing? Why are you doing that? What's going on? Are you busy?" sort of way) and when he asked if I could type without looking at my fingers, I said yes. So when he said "How come you're looking at your fingers?" I asked "Why does it matter to you?" (Because I wasn't looking, just for the record.) I do feel bad on one hand, but on the other, he's old enough to be my grandfather and he doesn't do this to any of the men he works with.

You could always respond with, "Excuse me, but unless you're here to discuss the poetry of James Elroy Flecker, I simply cannot give you the time of day."

God help you though if he happens to know who James Elroy Flecker is.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

You could always respond with, "Excuse me, but unless you're here to discuss the poetry of James Elroy Flecker, I simply cannot give you the time of day."

God help you though if he happens to know who James Elroy Flecker is.

 

In that case, I can always respond to his questions with "I'm sorry, all questions must be phrased in the form of an answer."  

[Delightful]

Play dumb and keep asking him to repeat the question until he gets fed up and walks off

Or tell him you can't answer until he's booked in and completed a Voight-compf test.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Play dumb and keep asking him to repeat the question until he gets fed up and walks off

Or tell him you can't answer until he's booked in and completed a Voight-compf test.

Well, he's not hovering by my desk anymore, so I think I did something right. But keep the suggestions coming in case he comes back.

[Edgedancer he/him]

In that case, I can always respond to his questions with "I'm sorry, all questions must be phrased in the form of an answer."

Oh that ones simple, just say "you'll tell me about (insert question here)."

[Zathoth]

Set a trap around your desk. One that involves cheese, those are the best traps.

Or set an obvious trap, when he avoids it activate the real trap. 

[Kaymyth she/her]

There's also the cold stare, and the flat, "So kind of you to take an interest."

[ChickenPlague he/him]

How about simply telling him that you don't need help and going to the other ideas if he doesn't stop?

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

How about simply telling him that you don't need help and going to the other ideas if he doesn't stop?

 

Because he's not offering to help me with anything; he's just hovering and asking a dozen annoying questions to keep my focus off whatever I'm doing and on him. 

[Zathoth]

Give increasingly bizarre answers to his annoying questions. It has the added benefit of letting you practice your improvisation skills.

[Allomancy she/her]

Happy Koloss Head Munching Day!

[Delightful]

Quote stormlight chapter-prologue things with a straight face.

"The storm comes. Mother why does it hurt? When will it stop?"

/whatever they actually are.

Edit: death rattles. That's what they're called.

Edited December 19, 2015 by Delightful

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Just finished filling out the application and doing the cover letter for a Children's and Young Adult Librarian in Silver City, NM. I'll head to the library tomorrow, print off that and the other materials they need, and send it off. 

[Kaymyth she/her]

I keep on having the random thought pop into my head, "You know, since my dad's here this weekend, maybe we could pop out and see a matinee showing of...wait, no.  James is on call."  No movies when the husband is tethered to his phone and computer!

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Oh, and if anyone still needs advice on holiday gift-giving, Fruit of the Loom has some words of wisdom. 

 

[The Honor Spren she/her]

Turn to him and say, "Excuse me sir, Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, Superman?"

[Delightful]

Turn to him and say, "Excuse me sir, Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, The Survivor of Hathsin?"

There I fixed it for you. Edited December 19, 2015 by Delightful

[ChickenPlague he/him]

Turn to him and say, "Excuse me sir, Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, The Stick?"

  

There I fixed it for you.

There I fixed it for you.

[Stormgate he/him]

Turn to him and say, "Excuse me sir, Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, Odium?"

There, I fixed it for you.

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

Turn to him and say, "Excuse me sir, Do you have time to talk about our lord and savior, Superman?"

There I fixed it for you.

  

There I fixed it for you.

There, I fixed it for you.

 

 

[Stormgate he/him]

The funniest thing about that meme is that in the actual movie, Buzz says something like "you'll be sitting next to Andy making delicious hot smoes"

[TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her]

The funniest thing about that meme is that in the actual movie, Buzz says something like "you'll be sitting next to Andy making delicious hot smoes"

 

Yep. Nothing like the memeing community decided he actually said.